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Looking for a good movie to see this holiday season? Listen to the experts. We polled some local actors and filmmakers about what film most impressed them in 2014. Their responses are below. First up, here are my picks for the best movies of the year, in descending order of greatness: "Boyhood," "Wild," "The Imitation Game," "Whiplash," "Birdman," "Ida," "The Skeleton Twins," "Grand Budapest Hotel," "Gone Girl," and the musical double-header "Into The Woods"/ "Jersey Boys." •Creighton Rothenberger, Boyertown native and "Expendables 3" co-writer: "I really...

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Looking for a good movie to see this holiday season? Listen to the experts.
We polled some local actors and filmmakers about what film most impressed them in 2014. Their responses are below.
First up, here are my picks for the best movies of the year,...

Hollywood is smarter than you thought. Whether by design or chance, the 87th Academy Awards elegantly and subtly shifted the tone of the season from a reductive fixation on snubs and fact-checking to a positive celebration of original filmmaking and...

A day before it may soar at the Oscars, "Birdman" spread its wings at the 30th Independent Film Spirit Awards, winning best picture, best actor for Michael Keaton and best cinematography. The elegantly stitched together backstage comedy came...

Patricia Arquette advocated for wage equality after accepting the Oscar for best supporting actress in "Boyhood" during an emotional outburst at the end of her carefully scripted speech Sunday. The 46-year-old actress played the mother of...

Show Bits brings you the 87th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. ___ LINGERING LOSERS While attendees like Jennifer...

"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" won the Oscar for best picture at the 87th Academy Awards.
"Birdman" was one of the top winners of the night, also winning for director, original screenplay and cinematography.
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In an awards season dominated by "Boyhood" and "Birdman," the Writers Guild of America on Saturday honored two different choices with their top film awards: "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Imitation Game."...

Slow-cooked coming-of-age tale "Boyhood" took the best film and director trophies at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, while Wes Anderson's candy-colored comedy "The Grand Budapest Hotel" won the biggest haul of prizes, with...

The long takes of Alejandro Inarritu's "Birdman" won out over the long production of Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" at the Directors Guild Awards Saturday. Both formally ambitious in very different ways, "Boyhood" and...

"Birdman" has cracked another awards ceremony. After taking top honors from the acting and producing guilds, the film about a washed-up Hollywood actor played by Michael Keaton won the top prize at the Directors Guild Awards. "Birdman"...

The long takes of Alejandro Inarritu's "Birdman" won out over the long production of Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" at the Directors Guild Awards Saturday.
Both formally ambitious in very different ways, "Boyhood" and...

Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" was named best film Thursday evening at the 20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards, presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.
The coming-of-age drama shot over a 12-year period also won honors for director...

"Boyhood" prevailed at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, collecting the coveted picture nod, as well as director for Richard Linklater, supporting actress for Patricia Arquette and best young actor/actress for Ellar Coltrane.
Kevin Costner, Ron...

Richard Linklater's 12-year commitment to the coming-of-age tale "Boyhood" is paying off with his first nomination from the Directors Guild of America, the organization announced Tuesday.Also nominated for their outstanding achievement in...

The imprint of the auteur not only shaped the year, it very much influences each of my top 10 (or so) choices.
1. "Boyhood": From the marvelous musing mind of Richard Linklater, the film stands alone and apart for the grand ambition behind...

Richard Linklater's 2003 crowd pleaser "School of Rock" will become a Broadway musical when the world-premiere production opens at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York on Dec. 6, 2015, producers announced on Thursday.
The very American story...

One of the more prestigious but informal of the year’s awards shows went down Monday, as the New York Film Critics Circle ceremony was held here at a downtown restaurant. “Boyhood” and Richard Linklater ran through much of the ticket, with some...

Sammi Kane Kraft, whose real-life baseball skills landed her the role of the pitching ace in the only film she ever made, 2005's "Bad News Bears," died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles. She was 20.She was a passenger in an Audi...